Day 22, May 7, Philly Bound!
This was another rainy, cold day....all day long. However our hearts were warmed by two things. One, we stopped at Hershey Park in...
Day 21, May 6, Rainy Day in Getty...
Rain, rain, all day a steady rain in Central Pennsylvania. We did not go anywhere today and did nothing outside of the RV. Just as...
Day 20, Cinco de Mayo and Gettysburg
Happy Cinco de Mayo! We began the day taking care of a few trip administrative items, ate cereal for breakfast, then headed out to the...
Day 19, May 4, On the Way to Gettysburg
We left Coopers Rock State Forest this morning, heading to Gettysburg, PA. We began by having a light breakfast of cheese toast and...
Day 18, May 3, A pleasant day in Morgantown, WV
We had some nice excursions today, all planned by my creative, adventuresome wife. We began by going to the Coopers Rock Overlook....
Day 17, May 2, Getting to Coopers Rock State Forest
This was a day of mostly travel. We had a concern about the battery which jump starts the RV's generator. The battery had been drained,...
Day 16, May 1, Exploring Charleston, WV
This will be an abbreviated entry, text wise, for yesterday's activities. Sorry for the delay. After a little persuasion from my wife,...
Day 15, April 30, Rain, rain go away!
We left an overcast, damp Pipestem RV camp this morning, headed toward Charleston. We decided to continue on SR20 south, rather than...
Day 14, Friday, April 29th Mountains and hills, oh my!
It has been two weeks since this adventure of ours began, and we are still rolling along enjoying all that we have been blessed to...
Day 13, April 28, Start with Skyline, End with Wine!
Today was a great day, to once again experience wonderful new natural sites, to visit local attractions, and to learn some new things...
Day 12, April 27, Birthdays, Caverns, See-Mor & Fine Dining
(With apologies to the couple mentioned later in this entry, I mistook and therefore misspelled her name -- something Patrise pointed out...
Day 11, April 26, Getting Off the Beaten Path
When we were planning for this trip, we told ourselves we would feel free to wander, to get off of the beaten path, to keep our plans...
Day 10, April 25, Dixie Caverns, Salem, Virginia A Day of Exploration & Discovery
Today was indeed full of exploration and discovery -- both planned and unplanned. I will not bore you with a lot of details in this entry....
Day 9, Sunday, April 24, Leaving Cherokee Lake headed to Dixie Caverns (Virginia)
We woke up to a gorgeous morning on the Cherokee Lake and headed back to I-40 East, to make our way ultimately to Roanoke, VA. Our stop...
Day 8, April 23, Cherokee Dam
Today was a wonderful day all around. We began with breakfast and a leisurely morning, mostly reading and enjoying the great weather....
Day 7, April 22, Some funny things happened on the road from Nashville
Talk about a learning day! Today we had a number of anxiety-inducing learning opportunities. From these we learned much more about our...
Day 6, April 21, Nashville is all Business
Today's entry will be brief. After a quick breakfast at the hotel, I went to Barge Design Solutions for all day board meetings. It was...
Day 5, April 20, A short hop to Nashville
After a great breakfast at Niedlov's Bakery downtown (see photos below), we left Chattanooga this morning and made the drive to...
Day 4, April 19, Chattanooga Visit Continues
We spent today visiting with our cousin, Angela Wiggins, and running errands in Chattanooga. We began the morning with breakfast at First...
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DOUG&PATRISE TRAVEL
Embrace the Wanderlust
Now that retirement is here, we are hitting the road to see some more places on our bucket list. Immediately below you will see the posts for our current trip to the South Pacific. Further back in time you will see blog posts for las year's RV tri


























